Simulating water markets with transaction costs

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4726-4745

  Erfani, Tohid ^a,b   Binions, Olga ^b   Harou, Julien J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basin modeling; hydro economic model; optimization modeling; water trading

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; AGRICULTURE; FLOOD CONTROL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OPTIMIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BASIN MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTION; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; TRANSACTION COST; WATER ABSTRACTION; WATER DIVERSIONS; WATER TRADING;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84901731707     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014493     Document Type: Article

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